Now Soh will once again miss out on yet another major meet, as his appeal to be included in the Team Singapore’s contingent for the upcoming Asian Games in Hangzhou, China from Sep 23 to Oct 8 was rejected by SNOC
SINGAPORE — It was a jubilant scene for Soh Rui Yong at the recent SEA Games in Cambodia when he not only won the silver medal in the 10,000m race, but also set a new national record and a personal best timing of 31:10.70s to mark his return with the national team in a major games after a five-year absence following clashes with the Singapore National Olympic Council .SNOC’s appeals committee had convened earlier in the week to consider Singapore Athletics’ nomination for Soh.
Reacting calmly to this news, Soh posted on social media saying that he was surprised to receive the news and he thanked everyone for their overwhelming support. His focus now turned to another event which he is organising later in the year. Soh is also a back-to-back winner of the SEA Games marathon, taking top honours in 2015 and 2017. His first marathon win was when Singapore hosted the SEA Games, with a time of 2:34:56, ahead of Thailand’s Boonthung Srisung and Vietnam’s Hoang Nguyen Thanh, who came in second and third place, respectively. Two years later, the darling of Singapore’s marathon reclaimed his gold medal at Putrajaya, Malaysia, as he clocked a time of 2:29:27.
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